I’ve Been Tagged!

**Warning: Very boring facts about a very boring person ahead**. I included pictures in hopes that you won’t fall asleep whilst reading this.

1- I used to hate food and everything food-related until I was 24 years old. My obsession with food started in 2003 when I went vegan. Before that, I don’t think I ever took a food photo at all. Funny how now 90% of my thoughts seem to revolve around food. This was my very first homemade pie back in 2003. It was a vegan strawberry cream pie, and I was so proud of it!

2- We have a fish buddy called George. Before you panic and tell me that it’s cruel to buy fish from a pet store, George was passed on to us from someone who couldn’t take care of him anymore. Isn’t he fabulous?

3- I am quite obsessed with vegan beauty products, especially eye treatments. These are some of my favorite products.

4- My coffee mugs must be fun and/or cute, like my Monk mug, my Colorado Bear Hugs mug, my I Love Lucy mug, and my brand new Snowman mug. Yes, the age stated on my profile is correct. I am indeed an adult. I still would like to have a “Luke’s” mug (Gilmore Girls) and a “Friends” mug. (Update: got it, and got it!)

5- Speaking of Friends and Gilmore Girls, I like watching reruns of my favorite shows when I’m having a rough day. Reruns never change, so I can sit down and watch an old show and know exactly what’s going to happen without any weird surprises. Oh, come on! Like you don’t have any quirks! :)

6- And speaking of Gilmore Girls again, it was thanks to Rory Gilmore that I developed an interest in classic literature. This has been my book list for 2008, in the order that I’ve read them from top to bottom. My least favorite has been Madame Bovary at the very top, and my all time favorites are Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre.

7- I am painfully shy. I am very quiet around unfamiliar people, which often makes me come across as either rude or ignorant. Because I am so quiet, I am very observant and I love taking pictures of whatever draws my attention. Like this dewy Autumn leaf I found while playing with our feline visitor.

Well, that’s it. Fascinating, eh? Now I have to tag seven blogs to do the same thing:

Don’t feel like you have to participate. Please, play only if you’re into the tagging thing. I tagged more than 7 blogs just because I’m a rebel and I wanted to tag everyone from my blogroll. Most of you have already been tagged, but if I left you out it’s not because I don’t like you or because I think you smell, it’s just that my blogroll is huge. So if you’re in my blogroll consider yourself tagged!

i wish i would’ve gotten this guy’s number, but his dad was with him and i felt weird asking. they really did save my butt though. i was so helpless!! i almost just left my car to start walking home, but they showed up just in time.

We share #1. Before vegan blogging I was happy to eat the same thing… nothing new or creative. I didn’t *hate* food but I was pretty indifferent! Now my list of recipes to make is a mile long, and I can’t eat anything without taking a picture!

RRV, I’ve tried a few of the BWC products and most of them have been good. Their moisturizers and cleansers aren’t my favorite, but their Balancing Toner is excellent. I also love their Tea Tree shampoo and conditioner!

You guys are too kind! Cooking genius? Jeni, have you been drinking? :P

Not boring facts at all River!George is one handsome fella isn’t he!!I too LOVE classic literature and that snowman mug is adorable!!That Strawberry Cream Pie for a first attempt just leaves me breathless!!You were a cooking genius just waiting to happen girl!:)

I am obsessed with Gilmore Girls too! My family has all the seasons on DVD, too (except #7 because that season was awful!). Your coffee mugs are so cute! I always flip for those…probably my favorite “dishes” to shop for, even though I rarely buy them.

I like looking at your vegan care products too! I always wonder what brands other people use. I love Earth Science’s Almond Aloe moisturizer with SPF, and I use Whole Foods 365 for my shampoo, conditioner, and shower gel needs. I need to try the Beauty Without Cruelty line now that I see you apparently like it!

Hooray for Gilmore Girls! It’s no Felicity (just joking), but it’s in my top-five all time favorite shows. Jess, Dean or Logan? Who’s your favorite? I’m so glad, too, that Christopher is now on Private Practice, which, by the way, is a horrid show but I can’t stop myself from watching it!

i would have NEVER thought that vegan strawberry cream pie was your first, River! it’s soo beautiful! i would be proud, too! wow! george is a cute fishy! makes me miss mine. we had a tank full of them back in the day – eventually they all died – i just don’t know if i want to start the tank up again, ya know?! i think the 4 cats and the dog is enough for now! ahahaaaa! too funny on the Gilmore Girls, as i have two close friends who are obsessed with the Gilmore Girls. i might just have to borrow some of their DVDs and check it out! :) i would also like to say hoooooray for classic literature, too! my favorite book is “the return of the native”! it’s so awesome!

I love your mugs. I have a collection of fun mugs too, including a Friends one (which is so big it’s practically a bowl!) T.V would love a Monk mug~ Adrian Monk is his hero!(P.S: I don’t hate horses, I just wish they weren’t used for sport all the time. I do like feeding them apples!).

River, this was really fun to read. And what a great idea to photograph examples of your random things. I might have to do the same, we’ll see! Thanks for tagging me, this sounds like fun. But I might not tag others if you don’t mind because I’m shy about that part.

I wasn’t tagged… I must smell! Hahaha that part made me laugh. But dear, your facts definitely weren’t boring. I loved reading them, and I especially love your coffee mugs. Someday I will have to show you the fish mug I bought in Italy (it’s shaped like a fish!).

Such neat facts! I also collect unusual mugs (though mine aren’t connected to specific shows or things–more like “different colors and/or shapes”). I used to be an avid reader, but these days can barely find time! I loved Pride and Prejudice and Huck Finn–haven’t attempted Madame Bovary yet. Have you read Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier? It’s not quite the same league as those others, but I couldn’t put it down way back when I read it!

I’ve seen every GG episode multiple times! I’ve even wandered around their sets on the Warner Brothers lot a couple times(not while they were shooting). I’m a HUGE reader and was always inspired by Rory’s love of books (I’ve been known to carry one around, too). I always wished they were more explicit about exactly what she was reading. There were so many times I’d walk up to the screen and squint to see a title that wasn’t legible! I’m not a Friends fan, but I do realize I’m in the minority on that one. :)